Vaughn~ I knew something was wrong the moment she walked in. At first, I didn’t even process it properly. My eyes landed on her, and for a second, my brain just… stopped. Like it refused to catch up with what I was seeing. Nyxa. Sitting there. Alive and talking like nothing had happened. For three years, she was gone. I had searched and searched but it was as if she went off the f*****g grid and now, she just walked into a boardroom like she belonged there. I didn’t hear half of what was said after that. I sat through the rest of the meeting, said what I needed to say, but none of it really registered. Every time she spoke, it pulled my attention back whether I liked it or not. She spoke clearly, responded without thinking twice, held her ground like she had been doing this the entire

